On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, mhobgood wrote:
> I have been trying to set up my machine to use non-gui only. Email is a
> problem I haven't been able to get properly working. Here is what I've done so
> far:
>
> configure ppp (version 2.3.10) and its scripts. They work and I can dial my
> ISP and logon. The script is set up for "noipdefault" as my ISP dynamically
> assigns me an IP address.
>
> configure /etc/hosts as:
> #for loopbacking
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain brightstar
> 208.128.111.10 inet-direct.com
> #end hosts
There are several ways, i prefer the easy way, just leave it as is,
127.0.0.0 localhost
You have 2 enteries for one host, that cant be.
> In this file 208.128.111.10 is the IP address of my ISP (inet-direct.com)
>
> configure /etc/resolv.conf as:
> nameserver 208.128.111.10
>
> Here is what I've found by experimenting with these files.
>
> 1. If I make resolv.conf different from what I have, lynx and ftp don't work.
> They keep telling me they can't find the appropriate host. So, as far as I can
> tell this file should be ok.
If a host is not defined in /etc/hosts most programs will want to
resolve the hostname and map an IPaddress, all except sendmail,
sendmail will still do a dns lookup even if the host is defined in
/etc/hosts.
>
> 2. Using Mutt as a email tool, if I remove all info from resolv.conf it will
> still work, as long as I leave the entry in hosts for inet-direct.com. If I
> take out the entry in hosts for inet-direct.com but leave the resolv.conf file
> intact, then Mutt complains that no POP host can be found. The Muttrc is set
> up for inet-direct.com.
Same thing is happening here, as far as i see it.
>
> 3. Configured as above, lynx, ftp, etc work very well. Mutt will send and
> receive email ok as well. The problem I have not be able to fix is the "From"
> address that Mutt puts on my outgoing mail. It will send it out as
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED] (I am using root until I get the problem fixed,
> then will not be online as root.).
Allocate a proper hostname for your machine. /etc/HOSTNAME
>
> 4. From what I've read, the problem seems to be
> somewhere in the name I given my machine and the way IP addressing works.
> Unfortunately, Slackware 7.0 doesn't come with a "Network Howto" and I've been
> relying on other material that I've read. Specifically, I've read that if you
> have no ethernet card installed (and I do not have an ethernet card installed)
> you can pick any name for the machine, but need to have something. You also
> need the loopback device. I can understand Mutt not using the resolv.conf file
> and using the hosts file only. If this is the case, how can I get it to append
> "@inet-direct.com" onto the user name? If I can do this, email should go out
> properly addressed. I could probably live with the system as it is but most
> folks just "reply to sender" and if they do, I will never receive it.
/usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/NET3-4-HOWTO
>
> 5. After re-reading the above, I hope someone can understand what I'm trying
> to say. It isn't that clear and regretably I cannot think how to make it
> clearer. If someone can point me in the correct direction, even the location
> of a HOWTO, I would greatly appreciate it. GUI's are fine for some stuff, but
> I do most of my work the old fashioned console way. Also, not knowing what
> other information may be needed, I've included the following just in case.
A man after my own hart.
>
> Hostname for my machine is: brightstar
> System is Slackware 7.0 with kernel 2.2.13
> Mutt is 1.0i
How have you defined the hostname, and what does /etc/HOSTNAME say.
>
>
> Cordially,
> Michael Hobgood
>
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